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A Few Hours Later

"What are we to do Askine?" Asked Elizabeth.

"I really don't know." He sighed, his face in his hands. "We really can't do anything, all we can do is hope against hope that she won't shift." He looked up, his once bright and happy Blue eyes, now dull and sad.

"But what if she does Askine? What if she turns out like Grandmama?.. This is all my bloody fault." Elizabeth clutched the fur on her face and let out a raspy cry.

He walked over to her. "It's not your fault love," He pried her hands from her face and held them each side of her chubby face. "It's nobody's fault, she was born that way and we can't do anything about it." He wiped away her tears, her hands still in his.

"But think of the shame!" She cried, tears streaming down her face.

"We'll work through it." He pulled her to his chest and put his chin on her head. She shook her head from her position at his chest.

"I just don't know what to do anymore, I planned it all out. You, Me, our kits…" She sniffed and buried her face deeper into his chest. "It was supposed to be perfect. But it's awful!" She turned her head to he left and stared into space. "I just don't know Askine, I just don't know."

Askine kissed her left ear. "We'll think of something." He breathed in her scent. "We will." He closed his eyes.

There was silence…

Elizabeth lifted her head, causing Askine to open his eyes.

"I know what to do." She whispered, her nose twitched. "We get rid of her!" She looked at him with a crazed look in her eyes. His eyes widened.

"ELIZABETH," He exclaimed. "I WILL NOT KILL MY OWN DAUGHTER!" He let go of her like she had the plague.

"No Askine, not kill her." She whispered walked over to him, her brown eyes crazed and staring. "Get rid of her. We can raise Charlotte and give away London. Nobody will know." She was only a meter away from him now. Her voice was calm, void of emotion.

"I WON'T DO IT. YOU'VE GONE MAD, WOMAN!" He looked at her with disgust. "WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?!" She tilted her head.

"Nothing is wrong with me, it's just logic. We don't want her, we give her away… Simple." She explained, as if the child was some old blankets or food.

"Your talking rubbish Elizabeth. This is your own flesh and blood your talking about." He glared at her.

"If your not with me, then your against me Askine, it really is your choice." She looked at her feet and then back up to him. She tilted her head so it was almost resting on her neck.

Askine's nose wrinkled up and he snarled. "We don't have to do this Eli-"

"I said, your either with me or against me." She scratched her cheek, where her tears lay dried.

He looked in the corner and mumbled something under his breath.

"I'm sorry?" She asked, walking a few inches closer to him.

"I said… I'm… I'm with you." He put his head in his hands.

She smiled, pulled his hands away and held them each side of his head. "I knew you would see it my way." She kissed him sweetly, he pulled back after a few seconds.

"I love you." He said, his voice low and raspy.

"I love you too." She kissed him again, this time more passionately.

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4 AM, The Frozen Woods

Elizabeth Ran through the woods on all fours, her royal green robe flapping in the wind. There was a colony of Damned Pookas in this forest and she was going to find them.

She stood, adjusting the child strapped to her chest. She could have sworn somebody was following her. She looked at the compass in her hand. North-East. She was going the right way at least, she looked around to make sure nobody was following her. She saw a flash of yellow out of the corner of her eye and looked around.

Nothing there. She went down on all fours again and was about to run. SNAP.

She definitely heard it that time, for sure.

SNAP.

She got into a panic, somebody was definitely following her. She ran.

A few minutes later she stopped for air, she looked around, nobody was there, she sighed and looked down at the child strapped to her chest, she glared and flicked the child's nose.

Carmilla sneezed and reached up to rub her assaulted nose.

SNAP.

Elizabeth gasped and looked around. Before she knew it a blade was pressed to her throat.

"Move and your dead." Said the Pooka, he sounded like he was in his early forties.

Elizabeth shivered in fear. "What-what do you want of me?" She asked. The child sneezed.

She closed her eyes tight, expecting the worse.

"..What's that you got there?" He pulled back the robe slightly and when he saw the child he pulled the blade back. "I'm sorry miss, are you going to the Village opposite?" He looked at her. Her mouth was agape.

"You-Your not going to kill me?" She asked, he laughed.

"Oh no miss, I was just going to rob you." He stroked his whiskers with his blade. "But you have nothing but the child soo..." He shrugged and put away the knife.

"Do you know the way to the Damned Village?" Elizabeth asked.

"But your fur is white, I saw it." He said, tilting his head. He wore alot of clothes, a balaclava, a heavy coat, a pair of furry boots, leather gloves, heavy trousers, a brown tunic and a fedora that covered the top of his face.

"It is, but I'm looking for the Damned Village." She tried again. "Please?" She asked.

"What buisiness do you have there?" He asked.

"None of yours, thats for sure." She glared at him.

He took a long shrug and started to walk off. "If you won't cooperate, I won't." He walked a few meters away.

"WAIT!" She cried after him. "My cousin is a Damned and I want to go visit her." She lied.

"Why would you visit her? She's a Damned." He asked.

"Enough talk, now bring me to the Village." She stomped her foot at him, showing her anger.

He started walking, she followed after him with her head down.

"What's your name by the way," He asked.

"Elizebeth." She said, trying not to make conversation.

"My name's Rax O'Hare." He said, she just nodded and he sighed.

After a few minutes of walking he tapped his foot on the ground. "Lets take a shortcut." He said and jumped in the tunnel he created. She jumped in after im and ran on all fours. He was running bipedal for some reason.

The opening was up ahead and she jumped up, quickly followed by Rax. "I have to go, I'll see you around." He said, nodded his head and jumped back into the tunnel. She was on her own with the child once again. She could hear music and laughing from the village.

"How am I supposed to get her in there without making a scene?" She asked herself. She looked around from her spot in the bushes.

There was no way in without being seen. She took a deap breath, she was going to have to run in and drop the child and run out again, not stopping until she got home.

She readied herself to spring, coiling her muscles and then she let them go, jumping over a group of four Damned having a picnic with their kits. She ran to the center of the place, placed the child on the floor and ran again. A male ran at her and the floor opened up beneath her, she yelped and jumped over it. Another picked up a plank of wood and threw it at her. She ducked.

"STOP RIGHT THERE!" An elderly Pooka walked out in front of her, she stopped and ran in the opposite direction. There was a fence. She could jump it and she would be free.

A skinny female tackled her to the ground just as she was about to pounce. "I GOT HER!" She cried, Elizabeth threw dirt at her eyes and the female cried out. Elizabeth ran out from beneath her, jumped the fence and ran. She smiled, she had got away with it!

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"What is it?" and "Is it a bomb?" Were the collective gasps from the early-risers of the Damned village.

"It moved." A little girl, no older that two said and hopped over to the bundle of cloth.

"GEORGIA COME BACK HERE!" Cried her Mother. Georgia didn't listen, she pulled back the blanket wrapped around the 'bomb' and gasped, she reached down and pulled out...

The others gasped.

A snow white baby Pooka.

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The Last part was short I know, I know. But guess what?... I GOT MY LAPPY BACK WOOHOO! *happy dance*

Anyways, hope you enjoyed. From me to you. BTW Review!

Peace, Love and Chocolate

Lil xxx